tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15424791576968270982017-02-07T20:54:34.859-08:00A Ravenous Hordemusic feeds our needs, a music blog for ColumbiaTina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-24268395415934823962011-10-10T06:00:00.000-07:002011-10-11T10:40:19.483-07:00Milagres CD Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eJo-XhVtpJ8/To39rRZc2qI/AAAAAAAABYQ/Sy5l71jO_Yk/s1600/milagresGlowing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eJo-XhVtpJ8/To39rRZc2qI/AAAAAAAABYQ/Sy5l71jO_Yk/s320/milagresGlowing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Don't forget to come see <a href="http://milagresmusic.com/">Milagres</a> at <a href="http://www.mojoscolumbia.com/">Mojo's</a> this Tuesday, October 11. (Read more and listen to samples in my <a href="http://hungryhorde.blogspot.com/2011/10/milagres-at-mojos-october-11.html">last post</a>.) Today only you can enter to win a Milagres CD on this blog by shooting me an <a href="mailto:hungrytina@gmail.com">e-mail</a>. (Be sure to include your name and mailing address.) I'll pick a name at random Tuesday morning. Best of luck!<br /><br /><hr /><br /><i><b>Congratulations to Heather from Columbia for being the lucky winner of the Milagres CD. Thanks to everyone else who wrote in yesterday!</b></i>Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-55963622103512449392011-10-06T07:13:00.000-07:002011-10-06T07:46:20.435-07:00Milagres at Mojo's, October 11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-goGFOx7ovxw/To2wXqQLoVI/AAAAAAAABYI/bhWZZ_quqYU/s1600/milagres.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eX3RE3sHafY/To2zcRQ-NdI/AAAAAAAABYM/C-lXaN031CY/s1600/hallway-web-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eX3RE3sHafY/To2zcRQ-NdI/AAAAAAAABYM/C-lXaN031CY/s400/hallway-web-300x300.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp; <span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Cameron Wittig<a href="http://rcrdlbl.com/2011/02/23/download_milagres_glowing_mouth"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>A few weeks ago I downloaded a track off iTunes by a band called <a href="http://milagresmusic.com/">Milagres</a>. "Glowing Mouth" grabbed me right away with its gloomy luster, making me want to dim the lights and kick back in a smoky haze of cloves (never mind that I haven't smelled a clove cigarette in fifteen years). The song is chill and dark and lovely. <br /><br /><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="100" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=3463499428/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" style="display: block; height: 100px; position: relative; width: 400px;" width="400">&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://milagres.bandcamp.com/track/glowing-mouth-radio-edit"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Glowing Mouth (Radio Edit) by Milagres&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</iframe><br /><br /><br />Then last week I got a tip that Milagres was playing right here in Columbia at our very own <a href="http://www.mojoscolumbia.com/">Mojo's</a>. The Brooklyn-based quintet is touring to promote their just-released second album, <a href="http://digital.terrorbird.com/publicity/Milagres-GlowingMouthLP.zip">Glowing Mouth</a> (Kill Rock Stars). They've been compared to lo-fi bands from Grizzly Bear to Radiohead with some Prince thrown in for color (likely due to lead singer Kyle Wilson's falsetto). Layering rhythmic keyboards with lush melodies, Milagres creates the kind of songs that wrap around you and don't let go.<br /><br />Check out the video for the hooky "Halfway" and get your <i>Neverending Story</i> fix: <br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="169" src="http://www.npr.org/player/embeddable/video/player.html?i=140316029&amp;m=140319316" width="300"></iframe><br /><br /><b>Come see <a href="http://milagresmusic.com/">Milagres</a> with <a href="http://peterwolfcrier.com/">Peter Wolf Crier</a> at <a href="http://www.mojoscolumbia.com/">Mojo's</a> on Tuesday, October 11. Doors open at 8:00; tickets are $8.</b><br /><br /><b><i>This post also appears on the <a href="http://thecomocollective.com/comusic-preview-milagres-at-mojos-1011/">COMO Collective</a>.</i></b>Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-26647113334763955032011-09-23T10:36:00.000-07:002011-09-23T12:03:52.973-07:00Joy Formidable at The Firebird, September 21<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MnXhZaiwEhM/Tny6whAkdmI/AAAAAAAABX0/PdrFTbdSOYM/s1600/ritzy1.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="277" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MnXhZaiwEhM/Tny6whAkdmI/AAAAAAAABX0/PdrFTbdSOYM/s400/ritzy1.bmp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All photos courtesy of Derek</td></tr></tbody></table>No, this blog is not turning into <a href="http://www.thejoyformidable.com/">The Joy Formidable</a> fan site, despite what my last few posts suggest. (In fact, I'm not even sure what this blog is turning into at all.)<br /><br />Consider this the resolution to our TJF tornado story. On Wednesday night Derek and I finally got to see The Joy Formidable play at the <a href="http://www.firebirdstl.com/">Firebird </a>in St. Louis. (The Firebird is like <a href="http://www.mojoscolumbia.com/">Mojo's</a> turned on its side: same tiny size but stretched horizontally around the stage rather than vertically.) We didn't have to dodge tornadoes this time, and the most stressful thing was trying to find the venue tucked into a row of deserted shop fronts on Olive Street. <br /><br />Let me just say we got our faces rocked off. You know a show is good when you get that same rush you felt at 17 blowing out your friend's Cutlass Sierra speakers with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bloody_Valentine_%28band%29">My Bloody Valentine</a>. TJF is a band made for ear plugs, but their massive wall of sound turns your entire body into an ear drum: you pulse from the inside. Maybe it's their <a href="http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/">Smashing Pumpkins</a> loudness... I don't know; they invoke a weird 90s nostalgia in me. Apparently I'm not the only one of a certain age who feels this way. There was a lot of headbanging in the crowd from older folk. We apparently still feel the need to rage against some sort of machine and not go gently into any grungy good night—which is not to say that the next-generation contingent was missing: they were represented by a dude with an ironic mullet and rat tail near the front of the stage and a <a href="http://www.ifc.com/whisker-wars/"><i>Whisker Wars</i></a> contestant who screamed <i>Hell, yeah!</i> throughout the show. (Hair is huge for hipsters.)<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IGXoS9v87eA/Tny9Ca_zT8I/AAAAAAAABYA/ayFNDRKxs6w/s1600/ritzy2.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="227" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IGXoS9v87eA/Tny9Ca_zT8I/AAAAAAAABYA/ayFNDRKxs6w/s400/ritzy2.bmp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ritzy</td></tr></tbody></table><br />TJF's set was just over an hour, which isn't surprising since the band is relatively new. They followed glam rock openers<a href="http://www.usroyaltymusic.com/home.php"> U.S. Royalty</a>. (Really, I'm only considering U.S. Royalty glam rock because the lead singer was wearing a silver sequined shirt and lots of eyeliner. What the hell do I know?) I have nothing but good things to say about U.S. Royalty: they were very, very tight and had excellent vocals and amazing energy. And the guitarist has some seriously Slash-worthy hair. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0TojxSWUHGA/Tny8o-OnssI/AAAAAAAABX4/gwVIC3DSqYg/s1600/rhydian.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0TojxSWUHGA/Tny8o-OnssI/AAAAAAAABX4/gwVIC3DSqYg/s400/rhydian.bmp" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhydian</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Ritzy, Rhydian, and Matt took the stage around 10:00 and opened with "Abacus." Head banging began. <i>Hell, yeah! </i>screamed bearded man. The crowd surged forward and up, down, and all around with an unspoken cry of <i>Hell, yeah!</i> The force of this band is impressive, balanced only by Ritzy's cute gibes with the audience between songs. And what a little pixie she is! Standing at what looks to be under five feet, she somehow manages to unleash a torrent of aggression when she and her mates are rocking out.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BaOR7g5FSu8/Tny81MC8X_I/AAAAAAAABX8/_wayKmgLchU/s1600/ritzy3.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="336" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BaOR7g5FSu8/Tny81MC8X_I/AAAAAAAABX8/_wayKmgLchU/s400/ritzy3.bmp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ritzy</td></tr></tbody></table><br />TJF ripped and tore through most of the tracks off <i>The Big Roar</i>, finishing with "Whirring" and coming back to play two encores: "I Don't Want to See You Like This" and "The Everchanging Spectrum of a Lie." The set wasn't long, but it felt about right. The&nbsp; band packs so much power into each song you need some recovery time to check your ears and make sure they aren't bleeding.<br /><br />We stuck around after the show to meet the band. Like Mojo's, the Firebird encourages audience/band interaction with its dinky size. It was worth the wait because TJF are so nice. Ritzy remembered us from the St. Louis/tornado incident and the TJF forum and said, "You guys got stuck in traffic, right? You got a bunch of goodies, no?" She was incredibly sweet, all smiles, and so tiny. We didn't meet Rhydian, but Matt was also very down-to-earth and friendly. I always feel bad for bands having to deal with a horde of drooling fans after a show, but the band was so gracious. It was nice to be able to thank them in person for sending us signed CDs and a photo this summer after we missed their April show. <br /><br />Word on the street has it the band might be returning to St. Louis some time in December.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-65147551467590115582011-06-14T08:21:00.000-07:002011-06-14T08:21:31.354-07:00Our Joy Is Formidable<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mFy2GfwviNE/TfaYmO7uJpI/AAAAAAAABVM/oS1yxGqaCok/s1600/joyFormidable.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mFy2GfwviNE/TfaYmO7uJpI/AAAAAAAABVM/oS1yxGqaCok/s400/joyFormidable.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />In April D. and I almost died on our way to see <a href="http://www.thejoyformidable.com/">The Joy Formidable</a> in St. Louis (as described <a href="http://runningwitholiver.blogspot.com/2011/04/storm-chasers.html">here</a>). Okay, there was no actual death brushing, no lights at the end of the tunnel...we just missed what would have been a really cool show at a really cool venue (the <a href="http://theluminaryarts.com/">Luminary Center for the Arts</a>) because of the tornado that hit the St. Louis airport. We exited I-70 to dodge the tornado and then got back on I-70 to continue on to the show but got stuck in traffic for about four hours. In short, it sucked.<br /><br />But our story ends well. Fast forward to last week when a mysterious package arrived in our mailbox from overseas. Thinking it was a gift from our Italian friend Bruno, we were surprised to find a signed photo inside along with several signed albums from our now-favorite band The Joy Formidable. The handwritten inscription on the photo reads "Thanks for trying, guys. See you at next gig hopefully. R R &amp; M."<br /><br />No, the band isn't psychic: After the concert D. posted our story on The Joy Formidable's<a href="http://www.tjfofficial.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=831"> fan forum</a> to vent and rant and maybe get a t-shirt out of the whole ordeal—something to make us feel that squirming with full bladders on the highway for eight hours was somehow worth it. But then time passed and we forgot about it. Receiving the package was a little nugget of joy in an otherwise dull work week.<br /><br />For the record, the Joy Formidable rocks <i>and</i> they care about their fans.<br /><br /><hr />Now for some shameless self-promotion: Check out the <a href="http://thecomocollective.com/comusic-preview-cheyenne-marie-mize-and-vandaveer/">COMO Collective</a> for my weekly music preview on <a href="http://shinyplaces.com/">Cheyenne Marie Mize</a> and <a href="http://www.vandaveer.net/">Vandaveer </a>at <a href="http://www.mojoscolumbia.com/">Mojo's</a> Wednesday, June 15.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-67347535984277624862011-06-02T06:05:00.000-07:002011-06-02T06:05:43.829-07:00Revival?Okay, I let this blog slide for a few months, but I've been working on a<a href="http://thecomocollective.com/comusic-preview-yeasayer-with-smith-westerns-and-hush-hush/"> new project</a> and thought I should dust off this one. More posts to come....Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-16712602478931593872011-01-06T15:36:00.000-08:002011-01-06T15:48:28.057-08:00New Year, New Post, New Music<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TSZR1mZni9I/AAAAAAAABM8/iNZHPxCU5OU/s1600/8211759-2011-year-of-the-rabbit-with-snowflakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TSZR1mZni9I/AAAAAAAABM8/iNZHPxCU5OU/s400/8211759-2011-year-of-the-rabbit-with-snowflakes.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I'm usually one of the first people to take down my Christmas tree, so why has my blog been stuck in Holiday 2010? My excuses: (1) I've been working on an editorial project nonstop, and (2) D. and I have been film-going fools for the past two weeks, seeing <i>True Grit</i> and <i>Black Swan</i> and <i>127 Hours</i> and <i>Winter's Bone</i>. Also, I wasn't aware that anyone visited this blog anymore until this morning when I read on <a href="http://pavementandbeerforpeace.wordpress.com/">Building International Coalitions...</a> that <a href="http://hungryhorde.blogspot.com/">A Ravenous Horde</a> was one of the major referral sites to Zac's. Say what? <br /><br />So here I am, trying to be better (at least for a little while) about posting.<br /><br />Okay, there's a fourth reason I haven't posted much: I've come to terms with my own high levels of suck as a music blogger. I mean, I rarely go to shows these days, and I haven't been following new music, and I've been in a music slump, and I've been thinking about what to do with the rest of my life, and all of that light-hearted stuff. <br /><br />I've thought of turning this blog into a random record of my art projects, music, writing, photos, etc. But I'm more likely to just start a whole new blog if I go that direction.<br /><br />And then there's D. I spend most of my time with a music lover who shares his new finds with me, and it's hard to dump my music blog when he's there to remind me how much I love music once I settle my wandering, restless mind down enough to focus. He should be writing this music blog. Seriously.<br /><br />I cannot claim credit for these two bands:<br /><br /><div style="background-color: #45818e; color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Joy Formidable</span></div>D. has been humming these tracks everywhere he goes. The 90s grunge kid inside me appreciates running into <a href="http://www.thejoyformidable.com/">The Joy Formidable's</a> Welsh wall of sound. Once they get going, they punch you in the face. Their debut album, <i>The Big Roar</i>, comes out March 15 in the United States. D. burned me a copy of a mini-album they released in the last year or two (<i>A Balloon Called Moaning</i>); I've noticed a slight Breeders' influence mixed with My Bloody Valentine. <br /><br />"Whirring" by The Joy Formidable<br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/baNMHNblAMU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/baNMHNblAMU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />The U.K. tour kicks off this month with a U.S. tour to follow (no dates available yet).<br /><br /><div style="background-color: #45818e; color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stornaway</span></div><a href="http://www.stornoway.eu/">Stornaway </a>takes its name from a small town in the Scottish Highlands, but these four boys are British—from Oxford, actually. They released their debut album, <i>Beachcomber's Windowsill</i>, in May 2010. When you're in the mood for English folk, this hits the spot. Just don't watch the video too closely. This song sounds better when you don't see the self-consciously well-groomed, indie-fied band members.<br /><br />"Zorbing" by Stornaway<br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GiLO4qPkA64?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GiLO4qPkA64?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />It looks like Stornaway will be touring Australia and Europe for most of 2011. <br /><br />Happy New Year.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-21360790254502629662010-12-23T07:23:00.000-08:002010-12-23T07:23:56.765-08:00Take a Snow Day with Matt Pond PA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TRNoAd91STI/AAAAAAAABMg/fAh0ZohIluY/s1600/people_0041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TRNoAd91STI/AAAAAAAABMg/fAh0ZohIluY/s320/people_0041.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />The snow... she be comin'. Or so the weather forecast says. We are probably going to stay in Columbia for the holidays rather than hitting the road for Illinois.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mattpondpa.com/">Matt Pond PA</a> thinks we could all use a "Snow Day":<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xF_WUF8VREw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xF_WUF8VREw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />(Nice cello in this one.)<br /><br />Merry Christmas!Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-64515161478845114382010-12-01T11:28:00.000-08:002010-12-01T11:28:15.983-08:00A Day for Ear WormsToday I've had two alternating ear worms: <a href="http://www.sufjan.com/">Sufjan Stevens'</a> "I Walked," with its glorious choir and unexpected beats, and <a href="http://deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com/">Deerhunter's</a> "Helicopter," with its aristocratic psychedelia. I'm not sure why these two tracks are duking it out in my brain.<br /><br />Sufjan:<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/25OC3m5QdYY?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/25OC3m5QdYY?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />vs.<br /><br />Deerhunter:<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G5RzpPrOd-4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G5RzpPrOd-4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Since moving into the new house, I've been hooking up my laptop to the surround sound and falling in love with music all over again. Last night D. invited some coworkers over for pizza, and I got to play dj for the night. These two tracks were wedged between Dave Brubeck and Beethoven, and here they are taking residence in my brain today. <br /><br />Speaking of Beethoven, I've become enamored of a piece from Beethoven's 7th after watching <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_%282006_film%29"><i>The Fall</i> </a>on cable several times in the past few weeks. The Indian-produced film is one of the most beautiful I've seen, and the allegretto appears throughout the film. I found myself humming it on the way to work this morning. <br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EeAyIQ_OT_I?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EeAyIQ_OT_I?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-82681962865677811612010-11-24T10:47:00.000-08:002010-11-24T11:34:38.114-08:00Happy ThanksgivingD. and I have been working on this song on his guitar and my cello. It leads me to the thing I'm most thankful for this year: the fact that we are able to live together in one amazing house. We don't need to worry about pissing off the neighbors or parking our bicycles in our living rooms anymore. Having a garage is a good thing.<br /><br />"A Girl, A Guy, and a Graveyard" by <a href="http://www.jeremymessersmith.com/">Jeremy Messersmith</a> (<i>The Reluctant Graveyard</i>, 2010)<br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K2XdgMFffZU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K2XdgMFffZU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />By the way, the rest of the album is a solid corn casserole. You get what you're expecting, and it fills you up. <br /><br />Wherever you are and whatever you do, have a great holiday.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-38362847283139061202010-11-15T08:09:00.000-08:002010-11-15T08:09:55.491-08:00Massive Attack of Hope SandovalI'm at work and supposed to be finding instructional videos to enhance an Intro to Computer Concepts course, but I found this instead:<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2EoGgUfOmfM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2EoGgUfOmfM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />It's hypnotic and gloomy—pretty much fits my Monday morning mood.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.massiveattack.com/">Massive Attack</a> teamed up with <a href="http://www.hopesandoval.com/home.shtml">Hope Sandoval</a> (of <a href="http://www.mazzystar.nu/web/biography.html">Mazzy Star</a> fame) for "Paradise Circus" on February's full-length <i>Heligoland</i>. Then Brazilian <a href="http://www.guiboratto.com.br/">Gui Boratto</a> remixed the track.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-27203284175320278242010-10-25T09:19:00.000-07:002010-10-25T09:19:30.868-07:00The Curse of Josh Ritter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TMWsqKVEMQI/AAAAAAAABMI/8qmMSZde1YQ/s1600/nosferatu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TMWsqKVEMQI/AAAAAAAABMI/8qmMSZde1YQ/s320/nosferatu.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(not Josh Ritter) </div><br />Lest you think I decided to relocate to Elba Island, I'm here to assure you that I'm very much back in Columbia. I've been wrapping up freelancing projects and getting ready to move into an actual house. <br /><br />Last night I fell asleep on my significant other's couch watching <i>Nosferatu</i>, which put me in a holiday frame of mind. Bring on the vampires, werewolves, psycho killers (<span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"><i>qu'est-ce que c'est)</i>, and mummies</span>. Incidentally, I'm currently enamored with <a href="http://joshritter.com/">Josh Ritter's</a> "The Curse" from his latest album <i>So Runs the World Away</i> (May 4, 2010). The song features a love story between a mummy and a scientist with a nasty curse thrown in for tragedy.<br /><br />Oh, and best of all, it's a beautiful song that will make your bandages unravel.&nbsp; <br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gxWxiuJRApU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gxWxiuJRApU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Happy Halloween.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-48104280902180449602010-09-08T06:17:00.000-07:002010-09-08T06:17:16.300-07:00Out of Town (and Country)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TIeMyst2RSI/AAAAAAAABMA/6kBGpZ_KF6w/s1600/ElbaPrima02en.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TIeMyst2RSI/AAAAAAAABMA/6kBGpZ_KF6w/s400/ElbaPrima02en.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I'll be on vacation this week and next...so no posts for a bit.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-8596720371079810832010-09-02T09:27:00.000-07:002010-09-02T09:35:42.826-07:00Cycle Chic Sundays/Do Fun StuffIt's been a busy few days. I did this Sunday afternoon:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TH7DlOCssKI/AAAAAAAABLI/9u0Ps6MQ2rk/s1600/cycleChicAugust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TH7DlOCssKI/AAAAAAAABLI/9u0Ps6MQ2rk/s400/cycleChicAugust.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.pednet.org/">PedNet's</a> first-ever <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62055946160#%21/pages/Cycle-Chic-Sundays-Columbia-Mo/151110968237453">Cycle Chic Sunday</a> was held August 29. No, it's not a music-related event, but come on, it involves bikes and heels and sweating in dryclean-only clothes while pedaling around Columbia. The folks from PedNet are trying to grow this event, and upcoming rides may end with Shakespeare's pizza and a RagTag film. Be sure to come to the next one in September and wear your nattiest threads.<br /><br />Also, <a href="http://www.capturingcomo.com/p/all-about-capturing-como.html">Kate </a>from <a href="http://www.capturingcomo.com/">Capturing CoMo</a> tipped her readers off <a href="http://www.capturingcomo.com/2010/08/monday-giveaway-do-fun-stuff.html">this week</a> to a compilation for a cause: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/do-fun-stuff-vol-1/id389206136">Do Fun Stuff, Vol. 1</a>, an album compiled by <a href="http://pacingthepanicroom.blogspot.com/">Pacing the Panic Room</a> blogger Ryan Marshall. 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It's "Potty Time"!Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-12538200302528277972010-08-25T21:16:00.000-07:002010-08-26T06:19:53.487-07:00Stars: The Five Ghosts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/THXqYuJ5rwI/AAAAAAAABKo/pMDPwCS8QKs/s1600/stars_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="367" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/THXqYuJ5rwI/AAAAAAAABKo/pMDPwCS8QKs/s400/stars_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />By now you've likely heard <a href="http://www.myspace.com/stars">Stars'</a> newest single "Fixed." If you haven't, check out the video below. Like most Stars songs, it shines bright with listener-friendly energy and clarity. And in case you want a whole album's-worth of new Stars material, their latest, <i>The Five Ghosts, </i>was released in&nbsp;June, with reviewers describing it as a darker album, less sing-songy and trite.<br /><br />As long as Amy Millan's voice keeps streaking high across the galaxy, the exhilaration of Stars will never wear off.<br /><br />Listening to Millan reminds me of the awe my twelve-year-old self felt the first time I heard the Sundays' Harriet Wheeler sing "Here's Where the Story Ends" in 1989. Some girls listened to Tiffany and some girls listened to Debbie Gibson, but I was a Sundays' girl from that moment on. (Um... I also had a strange obsession with '40s band leader Glenn Miller, so it's no surprise I was a walking target in 7th grade.)<br /><br />The Sundays' song is timeless. I still love it, which I can't say about most music I listened to then. (I'm not really "In the Mood" these days.)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="362" width="450"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n35C0j3LLB0?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n35C0j3LLB0?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="362"></embed></object></div><br />There's just something about a crystal clear voice that could break glass... If I could be reincarnated as a singer, I'd want to be Amy Millan.<br /><br />Here's the video for "Fixed":<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="278" width="450"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/17jdZdVmEuk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/17jdZdVmEuk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="278"></embed></object></div><br />But "The Aspidistra Files" is still my favorite Stars song:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="362" width="450"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JEpLOaqbuGo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JEpLOaqbuGo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="362"></embed></object></div><br />Stunning.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-33058791700001652042010-08-24T06:41:00.000-07:002010-08-24T06:41:24.016-07:009th Street Summerfest Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/THPLzoYAInI/AAAAAAAABKg/hCe5vcSQowE/s1600/large_Choc1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/THPLzoYAInI/AAAAAAAABKg/hCe5vcSQowE/s400/large_Choc1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;(The Carolina Chocolate Drops)</span></div><br />Don't forget Wednesday night's <a href="http://ninthstreetsummerfest.com/Home.html">9th Street Summerfest</a> concert featuring the <a href="http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/">Carolina Chocolate Drops</a>, <a href="http://www.bigsmithband.com/">Big Smith</a>, and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thehatrick">The Hatrick</a>. Like most people, I love freebies. My sister-in-law has already invited me to meet up with her and my brother to check out what's sure to be a high-energy show. She and I went to see Big Smith <a href="http://hungryhorde.blogspot.com/2010/03/big-smith-at-blue-note-326.html">last spring</a>, and I have never seen a more riled-up crowd. Big Smith fans like to dance. A LOT. I've also heard really good things about the Carolina Chocolate Drops since they played the Roots 'n' Blues Fest last year.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thebluenote.com/">The Blue Note's</a> doors open at 6:00 p.m.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-76215916616497332862010-08-19T10:06:00.000-07:002010-08-19T10:06:50.094-07:00Get Localized: Y&G and CAT tvColumbia loves its music. We even have our own music co-op, <a href="http://yardsandgods.com/">Yards and Gods</a>, which is always coming up with fresh ideas to promote its bands and give you music for free—yes, for FREE. At the end of July, Michael from Y &amp; G sent me a new <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nonreturner">Nonreturner </a>video for "Sockhops" off 2008's <i>The Nonreturner</i>. Slacker that I am, I'm just now posting it, but needless to say, it is here and it is creative and it involves sock puppets. Watch the sock puppets play miniature instruments on stage in front of a small crowd of sock puppet groupies. The best part about this video is the sock puppets' mastery of shoegaze. Playing in a forest of snowy trees, the sock puppets take this amazing song to a whole new level of introspective bliss. It's a fun way to introduce yourself to Nonreturner if you haven't heard them yet.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="278" width="450"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D4IkyBnbcaU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D4IkyBnbcaU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="278"></embed></object></div><br />You can also listen to two tracks from Arthurian Honey's <a href="http://yardsandgods.com/arthurianhoney-hymfllss/">latest single</a> on the Yards and Gods site. The Austin, Texans bring you "Honey, You're My Friend" and "Loose Lips Sink Ships"—two tracks that both ripple like sunshine on water.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGysNv7zFoI/AAAAAAAABKI/JCwE902552s/s1600/arthurian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGysNv7zFoI/AAAAAAAABKI/JCwE902552s/s320/arthurian.jpg" /></a></div><br />The Arthurian Honey single is just the first of many <a href="http://yardsandgods.com/yg-singles-club/">Yards and Gods Singles Club</a> releases to come. Visit the Y&amp;G site each week for a free digital single-of-the-week.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGyqJ150h8I/AAAAAAAABKA/z83cFFdDsYA/s1600/concealandCarry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGyqJ150h8I/AAAAAAAABKA/z83cFFdDsYA/s320/concealandCarry.jpg" /></a></div><br />Be sure you check out the second Y&amp;G Singles Club <a href="http://yardsandgods.com/space-walk-bw-solar-flares-by-conceal-and-carry/">single </a>from Conceal and Carry, as it features former Columbian Carrie Wade (who writes darn good album reviews on her site <a href="http://colossal-youth.com/">Colossal Youth</a>) along with Zach Biri from Nonreturner (who also has his own site <a href="http://nonreturner.com/blackfax/">Black Block Faxes</a>). Both tracks, "Space Walk" and "Solar Flares," feature layers of chilly ambience perfect for down-tempo moments. I gave them a listen Wednesday night and was transfixed. If you appreciate understated beauty, you'll love these hypnotic gems.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TG1bBNDznDI/AAAAAAAABKQ/WgZzScQbJKw/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TG1bBNDznDI/AAAAAAAABKQ/WgZzScQbJKw/s200/images.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Also earlier this summer, Trevor from Kansas City tipped me off to CAT tv's <a href="http://columbiaaccess.tv/programs/notes-underground">Notes from Underground</a>. Our local cable access channel features live bands each Saturday afternoon. Check out the <a href="http://columbiaaccess.tv/schedule">schedule </a>to see which local bands are playing when. I haven't seen any of these recordings yet, but the idea of watching god-knows-who perform appeals to something in my voyeuristic side.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TG1hyc7VX3I/AAAAAAAABKY/u9KPoACdKLg/s1600/foundry2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TG1hyc7VX3I/AAAAAAAABKY/u9KPoACdKLg/s400/foundry2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(The FFR)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And finally, don't forget to support our other local favorites <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thefoundryfieldrecordings">The Foundry Field Recordings</a> when they play <a href="http://www.mojoscolumbia.com/">Mojo's</a> this Friday night. Doors open at 9:00 and tickets are a low $5.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-48449546746086260492010-08-18T06:47:00.000-07:002010-08-18T06:47:53.188-07:00Bike Commuting and Ray LaMontagneThis is how my day started:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGverWQIwII/AAAAAAAABJ4/Tl52cDazuEU/s1600/bikeCommuting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGverWQIwII/AAAAAAAABJ4/Tl52cDazuEU/s400/bikeCommuting.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />That's me on the right. (Thank you to my significant other for snapping this photo with his iPhone while towing his border collie behind us in the Tail Wagon.)<br /><br />The only thing that could make this day better would be (a) getting back on my bike and riding away from work and (b) checking out <a href="http://www.raylamontagne.com/">Ray LaMontagne's</a> new album, <i>God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise</i>, which he recorded with new band the Pariah Dogs. It just came out yesterday.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGvh9OEo-aI/AAAAAAAABJ8/G1P_b9OQqyw/s1600/l_cea74ce48aa047fa9200006fd9e7149c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGvh9OEo-aI/AAAAAAAABJ8/G1P_b9OQqyw/s320/l_cea74ce48aa047fa9200006fd9e7149c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Judging from the name of the new album and the look of the cover, I would expect nothing less than southern-fried roots rock and jug band bliss. But the best part of any LaMontagne album is the man's voice.<br /><br />I owe another thank you to my partner in musical crime for telling me about this yesterday.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-24809470350246296342010-08-17T06:53:00.000-07:002010-08-17T06:55:14.325-07:00Ending the Summer with First Aid Kit's "Hard Believer"It's the last week before the university's fall semester begins. It's the last week I will be able to park on the street directly in front of my office building. It's also the last quiet week we'll have around here for a while.<br /><br />If you are a student, I mean no offense. Your very existence is my bread and butter. However, you and your kind sure do muck up traffic and shake up our sleepy town.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGqSd_24euI/AAAAAAAABJw/PrX21QRYMFo/s1600/0820Rush1_t_w600_h1200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGqSd_24euI/AAAAAAAABJw/PrX21QRYMFo/s400/0820Rush1_t_w600_h1200.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Of course, as a precursor to the returning student mob next week, sorority girls have been congregating in the area around Rollins and parading up the street in matching clothes. Is this rush week? I don't get the greek thing, so I don't know how it works. But I am creeped out. Yesterday I had to cross the street in front of about 60 new recruits in matching shorts and t-shirts led by three girls with inflatable electric guitars and Elton John sunglasses. Oh, and they sing sometimes, too.<br /><br />But let's talk about actual singing and guitar playing.<br /><br />I drove to work this morning listening to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thisisfirstaidkit">First Aid Kit's</a> "Hard Believer" on <a href="http://kcou.fm/">KCOU</a>, which always makes me sing along like a drunken, lovesick cowgirl. Even when I'm spaced out and thinking about other things, I find myself singing along. I don't know if I really even like this song, but it does make me yodel—quietly when I'm distracted and loudly when I'm feeling joyous.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="250" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DDG8xqz7BIk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DDG8xqz7BIk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object></div><br />It would be beyond creepy if there were 100 girls walking around on Rollins looking like the little fairy princesses from First Aid Kit.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-60513224919061574452010-08-15T13:28:00.000-07:002010-08-15T13:28:23.130-07:00MicmacsOne of my birthday treats this year was going to a Ragtag film, <a href="http://www.ragtagfilm.com/films.php?id=141">Micmacs</a>, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the same guy behind one of my favorite films, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/">Amelie</a>. <i>Micmacs</i> is no <i>Amelie</i>, but it did feature whimsy and color and creativity and a plot involving arms dealing and underground misfits.<br /><br />Here's the trailer:<br /><br /><object height="250" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TjKW0tG7I8s?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TjKW0tG7I8s?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object><br /><br />I also opened a big FedEx package of more freelance work the day before my birthday, which is why this post is short, short, short. This week looks to be a busy one, but I'll do my best to check in as much as I can.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-84178757151278438782010-08-14T11:50:00.000-07:002010-08-14T11:50:35.626-07:00Happy Birthday to MeIt's my birthday.<br /><br />I put this song on my significant other's birthday mix last summer, and I sort of like it myself.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/etP50Q6QVic?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/etP50Q6QVic?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div>Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-16652438940372025962010-08-13T10:25:00.000-07:002010-08-13T10:25:29.583-07:00Searching for Shooting Stars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGVhqjnrJZI/AAAAAAAABJA/DZgwXD6syII/s1600/Perseid+Meteor+Shower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGVhqjnrJZI/AAAAAAAABJA/DZgwXD6syII/s400/Perseid+Meteor+Shower.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;(Dammit, this is what I want to see!)</span></div><br />Last night I looked for meteors in the eastern sky but saw only one brief streak through all the light pollution in town. The same thing happened last year: I stared out the window for an hour and saw one meteor instead of a deluge. Granted, I know nothing about meteor showers; I do know I'm supposed to go out in the country in the middle of the night and be patient, but I always sort of remember the shower at the last minute and still somehow hope to catch parts of it anyway. Are my expectations too high? Did anyone see the Perseids meteor "shower" Thursday night?<br /><br />Sometimes I feel this way when I'm looking for new music: there's a whole lotta searching and only one shooting star in the bunch. I read <i>Paste </i>when I see it laying around, and I check out iTunes, and I listen to <a href="http://kcou.fm/">KCOU</a>, and I sometimes remember to stream <a href="http://www.pandora.com/">Pandora</a>, and I read other people's music blogs, but I don't have as much time to sit and be patient these days. <br /><br />A coworker recently asked me what I listen to. He's an older guy in his late forties, and he explained that the last artist he really liked was Natalie Merchant.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGV3SYrBpzI/AAAAAAAABJI/OrWnTOUr4fA/s1600/natalie_merchanttigerlily.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGV3SYrBpzI/AAAAAAAABJI/OrWnTOUr4fA/s320/natalie_merchanttigerlily.jpg" /></a></div><br />He loved <i>Tiger Lily</i>, but since then, all bands have sounded like Coldplay imitators to him. Oh, and he likes Eminem.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGV4NNBG-aI/AAAAAAAABJQ/iosaLZFv5Is/s1600/Eminem_GOSSIP_NEWS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGV4NNBG-aI/AAAAAAAABJQ/iosaLZFv5Is/s320/Eminem_GOSSIP_NEWS.jpg" /></a></div><br />Okay, so where do I go with this? We have a pretty broad spectrum of possibilities between Natalie Merchant and Eminem, with the dead zone of Coldplay somewhere in the middle. I recommended KCOU to him, but I realize in retrospect that this was pretty lazy and weak. I suspect he got in his car that night, turned on KCOU, caught five seconds of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/deerhoof">Deerhoof</a>, and no longer trusts my opinion.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGV4o_etvII/AAAAAAAABJY/yqHh6CZFnQ0/s1600/deerhoof.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGV4o_etvII/AAAAAAAABJY/yqHh6CZFnQ0/s320/deerhoof.jpg" /></a></div><br />To make up for this, I thought I could make him a cd and put safe stuff on it like <a href="http://www.hemmusic.com/">Hem </a>and <a href="http://www.nekocase.com/">Neko Case</a> and <a href="http://damienrice.com/">Damien Rice</a> and anything else acoustic. Maybe one of the most interesting things about making a mixed tape for someone else is realizing along the way how you think of them. My coworker is open to new things, but he also has a talking Yoda on his desk, and on Wednesday nights he goes home and destresses with his own made-up version of tai chi.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGV6imL58kI/AAAAAAAABJg/f143L2F_0MU/s1600/DSC01855_wuji_tai_chi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGV6imL58kI/AAAAAAAABJg/f143L2F_0MU/s320/DSC01855_wuji_tai_chi.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<span style="font-size: x-small;">(This is not my coworker, but I imagine this is what he looks like doing his rogue tai chi.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I don't think we'll be exchanging <a href="http://www.myspace.com/surferblood">Surfer Blood</a> cds anytime soon. But the challenge remains to share some new music with him and see what he thinks. More likely, my shooting stars will be his light pollution.<br /><br />I face a similar challenge in the Mix CD Smackdown when I try to introduce our <a href="http://thesimonsonlife.blogspot.com/">friends </a>to some new music and make a better cd than my partner in musical crime. I don't have to play it safe like I do with my coworker, but I still have to try to cater to the tastes of others and also win the contest.<br /><br />Filtering for others' likes and dislikes makes it hard to spot new music for a specific project. One person's Bonnie Raitt is another person's Susan Tedeschi. For example, we all got into a discussion the other night about Pink Floyd versus Led Zeppelin versus the Grateful Dead versus the Who. (The general consensus is that Led Zeppelin rocks, but we were equally divided on our love and hatred for the other three bands.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGV8_jEV37I/AAAAAAAABJo/j-m_GhLNiDA/s1600/30_seconds_to_mars_600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGV8_jEV37I/AAAAAAAABJo/j-m_GhLNiDA/s400/30_seconds_to_mars_600.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />As for my coworker, perhaps I should suggest <a href="http://thirtysecondstomars.thisisthehive.net/blog/">30 Seconds to Mars</a>? "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMX3qv1N37s">Kings and Queens</a>" is used in everything these days—movie previews, sports coverage, commercials, muzak, <i>American Idol</i>, <i>Glee</i>, weddings, bar mitzvahs, porn, etc. Curse you, Jared Leto for finding a way to actually get paid for <i>that</i>.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-2365777663741435452010-08-11T21:14:00.000-07:002010-08-12T05:58:59.823-07:00The Love Language Shares Its "Libraries"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGNvC30KY8I/AAAAAAAABIo/usMksMtD3iY/s1600/3833687975_6196937c29_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGNvC30KY8I/AAAAAAAABIo/usMksMtD3iY/s320/3833687975_6196937c29_o.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(The Love Language)</span></div><br />A few weeks ago my partner in musical crime and I heard a track on <a href="http://kcou.fm/">KCOU</a> that we both liked. We took advantage of KCOU's new <a href="http://whatwasthat.kcou.fm/">whatwasthat.kcou.fm</a> to identify the song before we forgot about it. (By the way, KCOU, it's about time you gave us a site like this. My biggest gripe has always been your smug withholding of song/artist identification.) And so we discovered that <a href="http://www.thelovelanguage.com/">The Love Language</a> has a new album, <i>Libraries</i> (released July 13), blending '60s croon-and-swoon with easy/breezy handclaps and guitar.<br /><br />The song we heard, "Summer Dust," is perfect for weather like ours that makes you feel like you've been baked into summer dust; it makes its lilting way across the space between your ears and demands nothing from you but a willingness to chill out and daydream about young love and summer and hummingbirds.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object align="center" height="250" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xOyBZ2cD5vs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xOyBZ2cD5vs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object></div><br />The more popular "Heart to Tell" shakes things up to a sweat-inducing level. It's the bratty kid sister of 2009's raucous "Lalita." (Actually, I think I'm partial to the distortion and angst of the earlier track; this one is much more lighthearted.)<br /><br />"Heart to Tell" by The Love Language<br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" height="28" id="divplaylist" width="335"><param name="movie" value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=12252457-dcc" /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=12252457-dcc" width="335" height="28" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object><br />[<a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/12252457-dcc">Download</a>]<br /><br />I'm still kicking myself for missing The Love Language when they were in Columbia earlier this year. But not to worry: They're playing <a href="http://www.thebluenote.com/">The Blue Note</a>&nbsp;with <a href="http://www.thelocalnatives.com/">Local Natives</a>&nbsp;on October 3. It should be a can't-miss show.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-42956626565195186832010-08-10T11:31:00.000-07:002010-08-10T12:08:01.783-07:00A.A. Bondy and JBM at Mojo's Tuesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGGakwUM1HI/AAAAAAAABII/4zM9VFpyBgo/s1600/aa-bondy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TGGakwUM1HI/AAAAAAAABII/4zM9VFpyBgo/s320/aa-bondy.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;(A.A. Bondy)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Escape from the heat tonight ... or pack yourself into <a href="http://www.mojoscolumbia.com/">Mojo's</a> with a bunch of other sweaty music lovers and catch <a href="http://www.myspace.com/aabondy">A.A. Bondy</a> with opening act <a href="http://www.myspace.com/jessemarchant">JBM</a>. (I saw JBM at Mojo's in <a href="http://hungryhorde.blogspot.com/2010/04/earlove-rogue-wave-at-mojos-4202010.html">April</a> and instantly loved his voice.)<br /><br />Doors open at 8:00, and tickets will only set you back $8. Come on, it's a steal!Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-44789802083019688352010-08-05T13:35:00.000-07:002010-08-05T13:38:37.374-07:00Seizing the Day Half-Assedly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TFsgCuMPDyI/AAAAAAAABH4/GacXgmi5QVg/s1600/recital4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TFsgCuMPDyI/AAAAAAAABH4/GacXgmi5QVg/s400/recital4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;The Carpe Diem Beginner String Ensemble</span></div><br />Where the heck have I been? Sorry about that. June and July were busy here at <a href="http://hungryhorde.blogspot.com/">A Ravenous Horde</a> headquarters. I developed some nasty blogging habits—like not updating my monthly concert calendar and...well, not posting.<br /><br />Two good things: I got an A in my class. I got paid for my first freelance job.<br /><br />I did not do those two things half-assedly.<br /><br />And Wednesday night we wrapped up the summer session of the beginner string orchestra at <a href="http://www.carpediemcolumbia.com/index.html">Carpe Diem</a> (see above). My noisome sextet performed for a group of kind friends and even a sweaty cable repair man, who decided he needed to check out Carpe Diem's cable in the middle of the recital, which involved entering and exiting mid-performance and bending over to show his crack. He did stay for our final number, "Chariots of Fire," but declined to partake of the refreshments. Vangelis would have been proud.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TFsgQsLiiaI/AAAAAAAABIA/HiRatNUlmJA/s1600/recital1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TFsgQsLiiaI/AAAAAAAABIA/HiRatNUlmJA/s400/recital1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The performance reminded me of when I was a kid and used to write plays and perform them in the garage for those neighbors who were indulgent enough to come watch. Perhaps this is the theme of my life? I'm good at half-assing things for the amusement of acquaintances? <br /><br />I suppose that's a trend that continues in this blog, except I'm half-assing things for friends <i>and </i>a bunch of blogospherians.<br /><br />Right now I'm getting psyched up for a mixed cd contest with my musical partner in crime. Our two friends will be judging the cds and voting on their favorite, so the pressure is on to find some new music and win the Cd Mixoff. This means I'll probably have lots of new stuff to share with you in the coming weeks.Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542479157696827098.post-61764125182938189492010-07-14T08:05:00.000-07:002010-07-14T08:22:38.409-07:00Band of Horses at The Blue Note Tonight (SOLD OUT)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TD3RJbwf99I/AAAAAAAABHg/AF_JUTbS0Pg/s1600/horses_walmart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZM9pDih0rvw/TD3RJbwf99I/AAAAAAAABHg/AF_JUTbS0Pg/s400/horses_walmart.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I'm back from vacation, bummed that it's over, bummed by humidity, and bummed about being back in the office. And I'm bummed that I'm bummed.<br /><br />But tonight is the <a href="http://www.bandofhorses.com/us/home">Band of Horses</a> show at <a href="http://www.thebluenote.com/">The Blue Note</a>—no bummer there—and I'm leaving for a mini-vacation to Michigan tomorrow, so I should stop my bitching. I can stay up late tonight, hear songs from the new BOH album<i> Infinite Arms</i> live, and sleep in the car tomorrow.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/bryancates">Bryan Cates</a> is opening, and doors open at 7:30.<br /><br />(The show sold out while I was in the process of writing this post.)Tina Rosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710891340220730328noreply@blogger.com9